TRAIN SERVICES.
COMFORTABLE CARRIAGES. AUCKLAND TO ROTORUA. (By Telegraph—Special to Standard.) AUCKLAND, May 11. The new carriages to be used on the Auckland-Rotorua railway servioe will come into use soon after Easter, Sixteen oarriages, each of a type hitherto not seen on the New Zealand railways, have been constructed at the Otahuhu workshops, and successful trial runs have been made. Everything is now ready for the initiation of the new luxury service, but as reservations of seats on the ordinary Rotorua expresses have been made weeks in advance" by intending passengers, the Railway Department has decided to postpone the introduction of the new service until after the Easter rush. The chief object in building the new carriages is to offer the travelling public, particularly visitors to Rotorua, comfortable accommodation designed to, compete with the growing motor traffic. The seats in first class cars are capable of adaption to three positions. Vestibules replace the open platforms, and the windows are frameless, opening like those of a motor car. Observation cars fitted with lounge oh airs will he attached to each train.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/MS19300411.2.88
Bibliographic details
Manawatu Standard, Volume L, Issue 115, 11 April 1930, Page 8
Word Count
180TRAIN SERVICES. Manawatu Standard, Volume L, Issue 115, 11 April 1930, Page 8
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Manawatu Standard. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in